On some of Brouwer's axioms

Abstract

We discuss the position of intuitionistic mathematics within the field of constructive mathematics. We discuss some principles defended and used by Brouwer but rejected by Bishop, like the Coninuity Principle, the Fan Theorem and the Bar Theorem. We explain some of their consequences in the development of constructive mathematics, like the Borel Hierarchy Theorem and the Intuitionistic Ramsey Theorem. We go into the theory of measure and integration as Bishop followed in this field a path different from Brouwer's.